Flock & ALPR Cameras in Richmond, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Richmond — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Richmond in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Richmond
The readers mapped around Richmond break down as 14 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- MO 10 — 4 readers
- MO 13 — 3 readers
- MO 10 Business — 2 readers
- North Spartan Drive — 2 readers
- Coo Lane — 1 reader
- South Camden Street — 1 reader
- Walmart Avenue — 1 reader
Richmond MO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Richmond MO PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 43 other agencies.
Richmond in the Ray County picture
Ray County has 9 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #760 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 23,149 residents and 1,322 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 53.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 13 traffic.
Camera activity around Richmond, last 30 days
6 newly reported in our hourly change log for Richmond. Latest change logged Aug 14, 2026.
What’s watching Richmond
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Richmond — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Richmond (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Richmond
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Richmond, MO
- 8 license plate readers reported removed near Richmond, MO
What you can do in Richmond
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Richmond
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).